My day started like any normal day. Get up at 4, take an hour to get ready, and drive to school for a 6:30 AM rehearsal. I was the head tech person for our school's theatre department. They had been closing in on opening night for 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' and the final month of early rehearsals were coming to an end. Before I walked into the school, I flattened my hair and pulled a beanie down onto my red hair. Getting out, I perfected my curls and zipped up my jacket as I walked across the parking lot while locking my car in the process. Messager bag slung over my shoulder, I walked into the highschool, preparing myself for our theatre teacher to run scenes three times through.
"Katie!" I heard someone yell as I grabbed the handle to the auditorium doors. Turning around, I was met with a smiling face of Colby, a junior who played as Monty. He pushed his curly hair out of his face and grabbed the handle from me, opening the door for me to walk through. I smiled as I walked through, followed closely by a grinning Colby.
"Morning Navarro, which one of your family are you planning on murdering today?" I asked, opening up my bag to dig through the contents for my script and notes. Colby's grin widened as we approached the stage.
"I was thinking my wife maybe? I don't quite know yet." He laughed, tightening his grip in his backpack. I smiled a bit and walked backstage, sending Colby away to get ready and go through vocal warm-ups. I went out to the stage and jumped down into the orchestra pit, checking if everyone was here. When 6:25 rolled around, the orchestra pit was alive with different instruments playing different songs. Bases and cellos played the Jaws theme- trombones, tubas, and trumpets blared 'The Imperial March'- and the pianist was banging out some video game music.
Smiling, I made my way up to the light room and made myself at home like I always did. I made sure all the microphones were up and running, asking the tech people backstage to tell the actors to say a line or two. It was always a funny process, the actors had to get into character, so it was usually a very inappropriate saying in a terrible British accent.
"Mr. Pan is a big fat wanker that's the size of a teapot." A girl, Adeline, said into her Mic, causing a giggle from one of the other mics. This drew a smile to my lips as the others went through with their sayings.
After all the lights were checked, mics on, and orchestra tuned and ready I checked the time. 6:40 AM. Our teacher was late. Miss. Derrick was never late. I unlocked my phone and sighed, rubbing my eyes. She was probably stuck in traffic.
"What should we do? Should we wait for her?" A boy in the light room asked, turning to me. I was the person who called all the shots when Miss. Derrick wasn't there. I shrugged and leaned forward to the mic in the light room and pressed the button.
"Kay guys, I want you to start at the Overtune, ensamble make sure you hit your marks for choreography. If Garrett walks in and he sees one noodle arm, you know he is going to make you run the routine more than Derrick does." My voice sounded through the room. I watched as the stage came alive.
An hour passed before the first bell rang. We all didn't have any issues because we all had acting first period. We were almost through the first act before Miss. Derrick arrived. She looked at the stage and smiled in approval.
"You guys started already? Wow, my faith in you guys have been restored!" She joked as she took a seat in a chair. I smiled from the light room and continued my work.
"Thanks for getting us started, Katie." The same boy said to me with a soft smile, which my respond to him was a curt nod.
We worked until there was about fifteen minutes in the class before Miss. Derrick called us all down from the stage and light room. She asked us to sit and she pulled out multiple boxes of donuts, setting them on the stage. Most of the students rejoiced at the sight of food, looking from their teacher to Garrett, who had just walked in with two more boxes.
